Corpse Medicine: Eating Egyptian Mummies

For decades a mysterious figure was held prisoner by Louis XIV. His face was covered, his identity was a secret beyond all others. Why? Who was this figure? How much of the story is myth and how much is fact? Maddy Pelling tells Anthony Delaney the story today.This episodes was e ...  Show more

The Haitian Revolution is the only successful, permanent slave revolt in history, resulting in the creation of an independent state.Haiti is also the first modern nation of the world to permanently abolish slavery.So what happened the August night of 1791 when the enslaved people ...  Show more

Stories in this episode: The Man in the Crawlspace | MUKworld (0:41)Not Going Into That Forest Anymore... | Knobig (5:51) He Cornered Me in a Closet | isabellawolf (12:14) Mysterious Encounter Outside a Cemetery During a Night Run | allcatsaregrey_x (16:46) Creepy Guy Wants to Pl ...  Show more

It’s Episode 454 and we refuse to be the lid for your candy corn pot. This week Emothy and the Graveyard Kid have teamed up to tell us all about graveyards and the history of various activities that have been done in them. Then Christine was feeling inspired by the Halloween seas ...  Show more

Cockroach milk for Spooktober. STAY HERE. Don’t tell me you like haunted houses and slasher films but can’t listen to a lovely conversation about how cockroaches make milk to feed their young. It’s one of the most nutritious substances on Earth, and I own some. Sort of. Coem a ...

In 1945, the quiet village of Lower Quinton, England, was rocked by a brutal killing. Seventy-four-year-old Charles Walton was found dead in a field — pinned to the ground with his own pitchfork, his body marked in what looked like ritual sacrifice. Was it a crime of passion… or ...  Show more